Hurricane Ophelia hits Ireland: many events are postponed or cancelled

Tuesday 17th October

Texts from the gathering here!
More pictures of the gathering here and of the Global Boats Launch here!

Launch of the #Object2Poverty Social Media Campaign!
Add the #Object2Poverty campaign frame to your profile picture
or take a selfie with your Facebook camera with our affect
and stand with us in the fight against poverty.
What do you draw the line at? What will you do?
Let everyone know! Tag your friends!

Volunteers gatherered by Sister Lelia Newman promoting the UN Day in Belfast in front of the City Hall.

They received a message of support by Peace Nobel Prize Laureate Mairead Maguire!

The SAOL project and ATD Ireland delegates welcomed by Maureen O’Sullivan TD
and colleagues (TDs and Senators) in Leinster House AV room to mark the UN End Poverty Day.
The SAOL project presented “Object poverty” and ATD launched the www.weareone2017.org call to action.

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An Uncomfortable Truth: The risk of poverty working in Early Childhood Care and Education

This year the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection funded Early Childhood Ireland (ECI)
to produce three videos capturing the impact of poor pay and conditions in the early childhood care
and education (ECE) sector on the lives of early years educators.Read the Early Childhood Ireland statement here.Watch the videos produced here

The Connect FRC in Drogheda art group and tutors celebrated the United Nations Day
with Mayor Pio Smith. Together they unveiled their End Poverty Mosaïc!

And in the Arden View Family Resource Centre in Tullamore, co OffalyOpen night with music and the unveiling of a mural painting in the meeting room

In New York
Discover more pictures and videos of the day at the UN in New York here!

Seamus Neville, born in Tralee, speaking the End Poverty Day event at the UN in New York!“Everywhere in the world, extreme poverty separates children from their parents”

Saturday 23rd October

Monday 23rd October

Tuesday 7th November

Lus Na Greine FRC, Granard, Co LongfordWatch the video:

More coming soon from Breffni, Dublin and overseas!

Monday 20th November

Coming soon also – Monday 20th NovemberLaunch by Inclusion Ireland of Poverty and Disability:
An easy to read guide to economic inequality and the cost of disability
Registration Here!

The booklet will be launched by Minister for Employment Affairs & Social Protection, Regina Doherty TD.
This event was initially organised to mark the United Nations’ (UN) International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
but was postponed due to bad weather conditions created by hurricane Ophelia.